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NHC AL062018 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Florence (2018)

August 30, 2018 – September 18, 2018

Hurricane Florence peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 280 US cities, 70 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
280
At hurricane strength
70

when closest

States
3

Cities Florence passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (168)

and 108 more

North Carolina (89)

and 29 more

Georgia (23)

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.